Musicians you just don't get

[the_poochies]

Sure, and this is probably heretical to most people. I never understood why Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and Bruce Springsteen were so fawned over by the music press. I like a few of their songs, but to me, Dylan has a voice like nails on a chalkboard and sung bland tunes that ended up becoming overloaded with many of the musical excesses and self-absorption of the 1970s. Frank Zappa....nope, I don't get it at all. Unlistenable. I like Bruce Springsteen as a person and a citizen, but his music is standard NJ bar band schlock. He just got discovered at the right time by the right person.

I enjoyed the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds but would never consider it a masterpiece.

Feel free to call me a cretin (which is far more enjoyable to me, IMHO).